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(1832 - 1885)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
The youngest of 13 siblings, in 1860 he was a 30 year old farmer at Rocky Mount in Meriwether County, GA, between his brothers Olvin's and Andrew's farms. He enlisted as a Private in Company B, 13th Georgia Infantry on 20 August 1862 in Grantville, GA.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was on wounded furlough from October 1862 into February 1863. He was absent without leave from August 1864 to at least February 1865, the latest military record in his file.
After the War
By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was again farming in Meriwether County.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and from Henderson2 (who mixes his records with his brother Olvin's). Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Nancy Jane Perkerson (1834-1901) in December 1858 and they a son John (1859-1935).
Olvin H Gill (1829-1924) was also in Company B of the 13th Infantry.
Birth
04/17/1832; Wilkes County, GA
Death
12/26/1885; Meriwether County, GA; burial in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Rocky Mount, GA
1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 28446]
2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28447]